Nintendo is a video game company based in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 1889 and continues to produce consoles and video games, with its most recent console released being 2017's Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo has made quite a reputation for introducing a lot of fascinating and, at the same time, powerful female characters. This can be seen across a lot of their franchises, where the women often are on the same level as their male counterparts, if not even better. While some of them are victims of fan service, most are far from that and their impeccable writing and character development make them unique in more ways than one.
8 Cynthia
Cynthia is an archeologist from the Pokémon series. She is also the first-ever female Pokémon champion, the Sinnoh area champion, to be specific, and one of only two so far, the other being Iris.
She is present in multiple Pokémon games, notably: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, but also Moon and Sun. She is one of the most powerful Pokémon champions in the entire franchise, being extremely interested in mythology and legendary Pokémons.
7 Lucina
Lucina is the princess of Ylisse from the Fire Emblem franchise, specifically Fire Emblem: Awakening. She is first seen under her alias, Marth, taking on the name of the Hero King to hide her identity. She comes from the future with a very specific goal: saving the world from Grima's doom before it's too late.
Being Chrom's daughter, she is an extremely talented swordswoman who wields the great sword, Falchion, the very same one which was wielded by her father before her. With the Mark of the Exalt branded on her left eye, she is one of the most powerful units in the game.
6 Samus
Samus Aran is Metroid's main character and works her way through the game as an intergalactic bounty hunter. After the murder of her parents by pirates, she is adopted and raised before being turned into a warrior via DNA infusion by Zebes.
Her main power comes from her iconic suit, called the Power Suit. With it, she can accomplish the previously believed to be an unachievable mission, especially thanks to her marksman skills. Originally, players were under the impression that she was male. However, she removes her suit near the end of the game to reveal her true identity.
5 Zelda
Zelda is the Princess of Hyrule and a major and recurring character throughout her series the Legend of Zelda. She is one of the three individuals who can hold a part of the Triforce, hers being the Triforce of Knowledge, the left piece. Throughout the series, she has shown that she is a powerful and essential contributor to the fight against Ganon or Ganondorf.
In Ocarina of Time, she takes the identity of a ninja and her agility is unmatched. Most notably, in the hit The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, she traps Ganon for 100 years.
4 Bayonetta
Bayonetta has now become a Nintendo exclusive series with its newer installments. Bayonetta, whose real name is Cereza, is the main character of the Bayonetta series named after her, as well as an Umbra Witch who fights angels.
She is an extremely powerful witch whose most impressive skill is her Bullet Arts, but she also carries other arts, such as the left of Darkness, which was given long ago to the Umbra witches. This eye is extremely powerful and it grants its holder the power to create and modify concepts such as fear and humiliation.
3 Edelgard
Edelagrd von Hresvelg is one of the three main Lords in the games Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Edelgard is the Empress of the Adrestian Empire, the biggest power in Fodlan. She possesses at her back the power of an entire empire, and added to that, her own superhuman powers and prowess.
Edelgard is very special and she is one of only two known characters to possess two Crests: a Major Crest of Flame and a Minor Crest of Seiros. These Crests give her the ability to use Amyr, a weapon designed to reassemble the Heroes' relics. Interestingly, this weapon can only be wielded by her.
2 Pyra/Mythra
Pyra and Mythra are technically the same character, with Pyra being Mythra's own constructed persona. These two are part of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 cast. She has the Aegis, a sword of terrifying strength.
Out of the two, Mythra is the more powerful one. Her driver, Rex, makes use of her abilities to the maximum, and she mainly specializes in light-based attacks, granting her even light-speed foresight.
1 Rosalina
Rosalina is a character from the Mario franchise – first appearing in Super Mario Galaxy. Her main job is to protect and watch over the entire cosmos, which is enough of a showcase of her power and authority.
She possesses a ton of overpowered abilities such as telekinesis, telepathy, and even teleportation. She is also very skilled with her wand, being able to create protective bubbles around herself and others, as well as changing her size at will.